“What an incredible time to be a fan of Rihanna,” Seth Meyers reflected. Of course, the audience that attended the pop star’s Fifth Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street Friday night were comprised of more peers and businesspeople than hardcore fans. The response was still enthusiastic, even if the …
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Brandi Carlile and John Prine hauled in a few of the top prizes at the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards, held Wednesday night in Nashville. Carlile was named Artist of the Year, a victory lap for the success she had with 2018’s By the Way, I Forgive You as well …
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Jenny Hval explores the meaning of motherhood in the surreal new video for “Accident.” The track is the third single off Hval’s upcoming LP The Practice of Love, out September 13th via Sacred Bones Records. Directed by Hval’s longtime collaborator Zia Anger, the video stars Anger’s mother Barbara acting out …
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Kanye West brought his Sunday Service to Chicago this morning, where he recruited fellow Windy City rapper Chance the Rapper to join the choir for a rendition of their Life of Pablo collaboration “Ultralight Beam.” West’s latest Sunday Service – which again streamed live – took place at the city’s open-air …
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It is barely pumpkin latte season, but Jolly Saint Rob Halford is already revved up about Christmas. On “Donner and Blitzen,” the Judas Priest frontman sings about Rudolph’s reindeer friends raising people’s spirits, bringing good fortune, and, of course, tearing through the sky. In a video for the song, Halford …
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Louis Tomlinson‘s latest solo offering is the nineties rock-inspired “Kill My Mind.” The track marks the former One Direction singer’s second new single this year, following March’s “Two of Us.” On “Kill My Mind,” Tomlinson is having a tumultuous romance with someone who has a tight grip on his heart. …
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Jesse Malin had a shit year in 2018. His father, former guitarist, and producer all died. So his new album Sunset Kids, his first in four years, could have been a major bummer. Instead, it’s a celebration of survival that finds the New York City hardcore troubadour reflecting on life’s …
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Some artists have been reluctant to embrace the rise of streaming music culture, but Bon Iver is not one of these. Justin Vernon has partnered with Spotify to create an immersive online platform called “Viisualiizer” to augment the listening experience of his new album i,i. The stand-alone website brings a …
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Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a single gun charge from 2007, as prosecutors decided to drop all other charges against him. The decision ends a tumultuous, 12-year legal battle, NBC 10 in Philadelphia reports. Mill was back in court Tuesday after the Pennsylvania Superior Court threw out his 2008 conviction …
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In spite of an experience with a Shetland pony her dad gave her at 5 years old, country icon Tanya Tucker would most likely list horses as her favorite mode of transportation. “He bucked me off so many times and tried to kill me so many times,” she told the …
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